X-amroo-zralkoxbbenzamdjes



Patented Feb. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES ENT" 0F F ICE.

4-AMINO.-2:-ALKOXYBENZAMIDES THEIR". PREPARATION Raymond 0. Clinton, North Greenbusm, and-v Stanley 6;.Laskowski, Menands, N .1 assignors to. Sterling; Drug .,Inc., N ew. York, N; Y.,. a. cor-. poration; of Delaware.

N 6 Drawing. Applicatiom March 10;. 1951 Serial No. 215;105

12 Claims. (01. zeta-s59) This invention relates tOv 4-amino-2-alkoxybenzamides and to their preparation. More particularly, the compounds of our invention are those having the general. formula GONIEIQ where R is a lower alkyl radical having from twoto six" carbon atoms; inclusive; These amides are pharmacologically active. and. possess analgesic properties.

The. lower alkyl radical,- designated above as; R, is illustrated. by radicals such as. ethyL. npropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, mamyl, isoamyl... n.- hexyl,. 2,3.-dimethyl-n.-butyl,, and the like.

The amides of. our invention. are. conveniently prepared from 4-nitro-.-2-.(lower. alkoxylbenzoic. acids ['disclosed'. in. our copending, U. S; Patent. Applications SerialN-os. 168,843.and..168;844;,fi1ed June 17., 1950] as illustratediby the. following. re.- actions where R. is. defined. as; above Thus; a. 4 nitro-2-(lower alkox-yl'benzoic acid. is

C OOH CQNH:

first converted into the. corresp0nding145-nitnor amide by. heating it; with a. halogenatingzzagent; preferably thionyl' chloride, to: fQrnuthemQrre-p sponding acid halide, which. thenrtreated; with ammonia. Alternatively; conversion. of the:4'.-. nitro acid to the corresponding, amideqcanzbe:

carried; out by. first. preparing a lower. alkyl; ester:

andthen; treating the, ester; with. ammonia. The nitro group of the. 4.-I1lt1'.0.-2-'QOWEKaIKOXBQbEIIZF- amidesisthen reduced to yield the corresponding:

4 -amino-2-(lower alkoxyrbenzamida, A specific: illustration of, these reactions: is they formation; of 4.-amino-2eethoxybenzamide: byttreating. 41- nitro-Z-ethoxybenzoic acid: with ,thionyl: chloride to form the corresponding acidmhloride; which: upon amination with ammoniayields .41-.nitrc)+2- ethoxybenzamide. Subsequent reduction. of: the 44-11%1'0? amide yields 4-aminoe2eethoxybenzamide.

The; reduction ofthe. 4-nitro-2-(-1ower;-alkoxw;+ benzamides to the correspondingg er-aminoicom pounds. .was carried. out. by 1 reacting. said nitrc:

, preparing the intermediate. 4-nitro-2-(lower alkoxy), benzamides-isafforded. bypartial hydrolysisofthe. corresponding 4-nitro-2-(lower alkoxylbenzonitriles, e. g,v conversion of 4-nitro-2:-n.- butoxybenzonitrileto 4-nitro-2-nebutoxybenzamide;

Specific. embodiments of our invention are illustratedv in. the following, paragraphs.

EXAMPLE." 1

A. 4-m'tr0-2e-(iower: alkowy) benzomtm'les A mixture of" 16:4 gt'of 4'-nitro"-'2-hydroxybenzonitrile"and'.14.0g; of anhydrous potassium car'- bonate in 500ml". of'd'ryxylene was'refiuxed with a continuousseparator attached. to the reaction fi'askuntili themixture was free of water; To" this anhydrous mixture was added'48;2 g. of ethyl paratoluenesulfonate and the resulting mixture was refluxed for'twelve hours, cooled and filtered. The'solvent was removed by distilling under reducedpressure, thereby yielding a golden-brown solid which was taken up in ethyl acetate. Theethyl acetate solution was decolorized with ac-- tivated carbon, concentrated, cooled and diluted with n-pentane. The solid that separated was filtered, washed with n-pentane and recrystallizedL from methanol to yield 4-nitro-'2-ethoxy-- benzonitrile, MLP. 151.5152.4- C. (cor.).

Analysis-Calm. for Cal-IaNzOs: C, 56.25; H, 4.21); N, 114258. Found: C, 56.37; H, 4.07; N, 14.79. When the I above procedure was followed, butusingthe. appropriate lower alkyl' para'toluenesulf'onatein place of ethyl para-toluenesulfonate; other 4-nitro-2 alkoxybenzonitriles were formed. Thus;. 4-nitro-2'+nepropoxybenzonitrile, M; P. 1041211405202: 0.. (cor.), was obtainedfrom npropylr paratoluenesulfonate and 4-nitro 2-hy droxybenzonitrile; and 4 -nitro-2-n-butoxybenzonitrile;.M-..P..1013910237?- 0;. (cor.) resulted from.v the: reaction: on n-butyl: paraetoluenesulfonate with 4-nitroe2-hydroxybenzonitrilez.-

13. 4-nitro-2-(lower alkowy) benzamides These compounds were prepared from the corresponding 4-nitro-(lower alkoxy benzoic acids by amination of either the acid halide, preferably the chloride, or the lower alkyl ester derivatives thereof. Alternatively, they were prepared by partial hydrolysis of the corresponding 4- nitro 2 (lower alkoxy) benzonitriles. These modes of preparation are illustrated as follows C. After the exothermic reaction had subsided, the steam bath was replaced and heating was resumed for one hour. The hot reaction mixture was poured onto ice and the yellow solid that separated was filtered, washed well with water, and dried at 80 C. in vacuo, resulting in 30 g. of material melting at 150-160 C. after softening at 143 C. This material was recrystallized several times from absolute ethanol, with i decolorization using activated carbon yielding 1n the formation of 4-n1tro-2-ethoxybenzam1de. o

From acid chloride-To a hot stirred mixture 4mtm'2'ethoxybenzamlde' 188-2490 of 84.4 g. of 4-nitro-2-ethoxybenzoic acid, 32.4. (comof dry pyridine and 700 m1, of dry benzene When the foregoing procedures were followed, was added dropwise 48.7 g. of thionyl chloride, but 113mg f ajppmpnaFe at a rate Such as to maintain gentle fl xi koxy)benzo1c acids, the related 4-n1tro-2-(lower (the application of heat was necessary to mainalkoxwbenzamldes of Table I resulted: tain reflux near the end of the addition). Stir- TABLE I ring and refluxing were continued for another twenty to thirty minutes. The cooled reaction 90 mixture was poured slowly into two liters of concentrated ammonium hydroxide with efiicient stirring (there was a delayed exothermic reac- T tion). Stirring was continued for an additional two hours, after which time the solid material Nitrogen Analyses R M. P., 0.

(cor.)

Formula Calcd. Found omomom 19154911 ownnNzo. 12.49 12.23 cmomomn lam-199.4 onnumo. 11.76 11.68 oniomonzom 1656-16713 onmmo. 11.76 11.76 CHzCHzCHzCHzCHzCH: 1363-1381) CuHmNzO 10.52 10.34

was collected, washed with benzene and with Additional 4-nitro-2-alkoxybenzamides can be water and dried, yielding '76 g. of material, M. P. prepared when the above procedures are followed, 185-187 C. This product, 4-nitro-2-ethoxybenzbut using the appropriate 4-nitro-2-(lower alamide, melted at 188.2190.0 C. (cor.) when rekoxy)benzoic acids. Thus, 4-nitro-2-n-amoxycrystallized from absolute ethanol. benzamide is prepared from 4-nitro-2-n-amoxy- Analysis.Calcd. for Cid-110N204: C, 51.42; H, 40 benzoic acid; 4-nitro-2-isoamoxybenzamide from 4.80; N, 13.33. Found:tC, 51.29; H, 4.68; Nh13.049. 4-nitro-2-is%amoxybgnzoic acid; 4-nitro-2-(2,3- From ester.-A solu ion of 20.0 g. of e yl dimethy -nutoxy) enzamide from 4-nitro-2- nitro-2-ethoxyzenzoate in ml. of methanol (2,3-dimethyl-n-butoxy)benzoic acid; 4-nitro-2- was treated with 14.0 g. of liquid ammonia and (2 ethyl-n-butoxy)benzamide from 4-nitro-2- 6.0 ml. of a 2 /2 per cent solution of sodium in 45 (2-ethyl-n-butoxy)benzoic acid; 4-nitro-2-isomethanol. The mixture was heated in an autohexoxybenzamide from 4-nitro-2-isohexoxybenclave for twenty-four hours at 100 C. and cooled. zoic acid; and the like. The crude 4-nitro-2-ethoxybenzamide, which C. 4 i z th b id was isolatedpy removlpg the methanol a A stirred mixture of 115 g. of powdered iron moma by distillation in vacuo, was purified as above by recrystallization from absolute ethanol. 00 (ferrum reductum) 600 of ethanol 150 Alternatively, and preferably, this amination of-water a 1 s concengrated. hydmcmonc was combined with the subsequent reduction of 25 3 332 g i Z 5 1 5 2 53% 2 l fiil ofifiit tii ifiinilie itf ifitfitti gg g-gs ggz sssa j. 1na eoig. e g ig g i g figg 3;; gg ffi g i ggafigg mixture was then stirred just below the boiling for twentg -four hours and the cooling of the re- 3$? t gg g gg gi hi m z action mixture, as shown above, Raney nickel (about 40 and i i g fj i gg catalyst was introducsd and the resulting tinued for an additional ten minutes. The mixture was then agitated with hydrogen under pressure. The reaction mixture was filtered and decolorized with activated carbon. The solvent was removed by distilling in vacuo, thereby yielding 10.5 g. of the crude product which solidified on cooling. This product, 4-amino-2-ethoxybenzamide, melted at 191.6-193.1 C. (cor.) when recrystallized from absolute ethanol.

From m'tTiZes.-A mixture of 32 g. of l-nitro- 2-ethoxybenzonitrile and 100 ml. of concentrated sulfuric acid (95.5%, (1:1.84) was heated with stirring on a steam bath. When the internal temperature had risen to 97 C., the steam bath was removed. Anv exothermic reaction ensued, whereupon the internal temperature rose to 109 ture was filtered while hot and the filter-cake was washed well with absolute ethanol. The ethanol was removed from the combined filtrates in vacuo and the residual solid was collected, washed with water and dried. There was thus obtained 58.5 g. of 4-amino-2-ethoxybenzamide, M. P. -192 C. A sample of this material, when recrystallized from ethanol, melted at 1915-1931 C. (cor.).

Analysis.Calcd. for C9H12N2O21 C, 59.98; H, 6.71; N, 15.51. Found: C, 60.28; H, 6.58; N, 15.56.

Additional compounds can be prepared when the above procedure is followed, but using the appropriate 4-nitro-2-(lower alkoxy)benzamide. Thus, -amino-2-n-amoxybenzamide i obtained When the procedure described above for Example was followed, but using 43.5 g. of powdered iron, 200 ml. of ethanol, 50 m1. of Water, 1 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 29.0 g. of 4-nitro-2npropoxybenzamide, there was obtained 23 g. of 4-amino-2-n-propoxybenzamide, which melted at l59.6-160.8 C. (cor.) after recrystallization from ethanol.

Analysis.Calcd. for Ciel-114N202: C, 61.83; H, 7.26; N, 14.43. Found: C, 62.13; H, 7.39; N, 14.32.

EXAMPLE 3 4-amzno-2-n-butoxybeneamide When the procedure described above for Example 1C was followed, but using 61.6 g. of powdered iron, 200 m1. of ethanol, 50 ml. of water, 1 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 27.0 g. of 4-nitro-2-n-butoxybenzamide, there was obtained 22.7 g. of 4-amino-2-n-butoxybenzamide, which melted at 178.7-l80.2 C. (cor.) after recrystallization from ethanol.

Analysis.-Calcd. for C11H16N2O21 C, 63.44; H, 7.75; N, 13.45. Found: C, 63.62; H, 7.49; N, 13.53.

EXAMPLE 4 4-amino-2-isobuto.rybenzamide This preparation was carried out according to the procedure described above for Example 1C, but using 21.2 g. of powdered iron, 200 ml. of ethanol, 50 ml. of water, 1 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 15.0 g. of 4-nitro-2-isobutoxybenzamide; there was thus obtained 13.0 g. of 4-amino-2-isobutoxybenzamide, which melted at 175.7-177.3 C. (cor.) after recrystallization from absolute ethanol.

Analysis.-C'alcd. for C11H16N2O22 C, 63.44; H, 7.55; N, 13.45. Found: C, 63.47; H, 7.47; N, 13.12.

Alternatively, the above reduction of 4-nitro- 2-isobutoxybenzamide was carried out catalytically as follows: A mixture of 10 g. of 4-nitro- Z-isobutoxybenzamide, 0.5 g. of platinum oxide and 150 ml. of absolute ethanol was shaken with hydrogen at fifty lbs. per square inch and 50 C. until three moles of hydrogen were taken up. The mixture was filtered while hot and the filtrate upon concentration and slow dilution with water gave a quantitative yield of 4-amino-2-isobutoxybenzamide. The same results were obtained when a palladium catalyst was substituted for platinum oxide. Similarly, Raney nickel can be used in place of platinum oxide, but with about one hundred lbs. per square inch pressure of hydrogen at 100 C.

EXAMPLE 5 4-amino-2-n-hea:ozcybenzamide This amide was prepared according to the procedure described above for Example 10, but using the following reactants: 17.7 g. of powdered iron, 200 ml. of ethanol, 50 ml. of water, 1 ml. of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 14.0 g. of 4-nitro-2-n-hexoxybenzamide; there was thus obtained 12.0 g. of 4-amino-2-n-hexoxybenz amide, which melted at 127.6-129.0 C. cor.) after recrystallization from absolute ethanol.

Analysis.Calcd. for C13H20N2O2: C, 66.07; H, 8.53; N, 11.86. Found: C, 66.09; H, 8.75; N, 11.78.

We claim: 1. An amide having the formula NHz (IJONH2 where R is a lower alkyl radical having from two to six carbon atoms.

2. 4-amino-2-ethoxybenzamide. 3. 4-amino-2-isobutoxybenzamide. 4. A process for the preparation of an amide having the formula NHz ONHz where R. is a lower alkyl radical having from two to six carbon atoms, which comprises reacting the corresponding 4-nitro 2 alkoxybenzamide with a reducing agent effective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

5. A process for the preparation of 4-amino-2- ethoxybenzamide which comprises reacting 4 nitro 2 ethoxybenzamide with a reducing agent effective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

6. A process for the preparation of 4-amino-2- isobutoxybenzamide which comprises reacting 4-nitro-2-isobutoxybenzamide with a reducing agent effective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

7. 4-amino-2-n-propoxybenzamide.

8. 4-amino-2-n-butoxybenzamide.

9. 4-amino-2-n-hexoxybenzamide.

10. A process for the preparation of 4-amino- Z-n-propoxybenzamide which comprises reacting 4-nitro-2-n-propoxybenzamide with a reducing agent effective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

11. A process for the preparation of 4-amin0- 2-n-butoxybenzamide which comprises reacting 4-nitro-2-n-butoxybenzamide with a reducing agent efiective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

12. A process for the preparation of 4-amino- 2-n-hexoxybenzamide which comprises reacting 4-nitro-Z-n-hexoxybenzamide with a reducing agent effective to reduce nitro groups to amino groups.

RAYMOND O. CLINTON. STANLEY C. LASKOWSKI.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,044,016 Perkins June 16, 1936 2,490,780 Clinton Dec. 13, 1949 OTHER REFERENCES Chemica Scandinavica, vol. 2, (1948), pp. 220-4. 

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